Record

RefNoPT/22/8
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Chemical account of the Cold Bokkeveld meteoric stone' by Michael Faraday in a letter to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel
Date28 February 1839
DescriptionPublished as part of Thomas Maclear's paper on the meteoric stone, found at PT/22/7.

Subject: Geology

Published in volume 129 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F. R. S. &c. in a letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel'.

Written by Faraday at the Royal Institution. Received by the Royal Society on 7 March 1839. Read 21 March 1839.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1839.0006
RelatedRecordPT/22/7
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8218Faraday; Michael (1791 - 1867); natural philosopher1791 - 1867
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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